I found some video clips on youtube that i wanna put in my next video project, but I have yet to find a decent youtube downloader that works well. Can anyone here recommend me a site or software (windows and mac compatible) that would let me download youtube videos with ease?
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Downloading Videos From Youtube....
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Use safari. Load the video, then open the activity window. Find the video on the list (probably the largest file size). Option-double click on it. Rename downloaded file as needed. Done.
There is this
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11869/
and I am using Chrome beta with an extension that adds a dropdown box in the youtube selection which works great.
Download YouTube Videos as MP4 - Version: 1.1.2
Adds an option to download YouTube videos.
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Hope this helps, I tried the safari methods and it was a PITA, with the above extension you just select the dropdown and the 3 types of movie extensions and its yours with in a minute.
I do use Chrome primarily , safari is OK IMHO, Fire fox is playing catch up.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11869/
and I am using Chrome beta with an extension that adds a dropdown box in the youtube selection which works great.
Download YouTube Videos as MP4 - Version: 1.1.2
Adds an option to download YouTube videos.
ID: oiedkoafeodhiiccoclonninnkjbjnff
Hope this helps, I tried the safari methods and it was a PITA, with the above extension you just select the dropdown and the 3 types of movie extensions and its yours with in a minute.
I do use Chrome primarily , safari is OK IMHO, Fire fox is playing catch up.
If you use the ClickToFlash plug-in (http://clicktoflash.com/) or the extension with the same name (http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoflash/), you can right click on any YouTube video and choose to download it in its .mp4 form, for which you still might need MPEG Streamclip to properly transcode it to a .mov file using the Apple Intermediate Codec to get the videos into iMovie.